St Peter's School York - Room Leader

Summary

To lead a designated nursery room, ensuring the highest standards of care, learning and development for children aged six months to three years. The Room Leader will create a safe, nurturing and stimulating environment, lead colleagues within the room and build strong partnerships with families.

Detail

Post: Room Leader

Department: The Rise Nursery

Responsible to: The Nursery Manager

Salary: £30,480 p.a. (Point 5 on the Support scale)

Working hours: Hours: 8am – 6pm, four days a week

Start date: January 2027 (with two weeks of in-house training with our Nursery Manager prior to the Rise opening)

Purpose

To lead a designated nursery room, ensuring the highest standards of care, learning and development for children aged six months to three years. The Room Leader will create a safe, nurturing and stimulating environment, lead colleagues within the room and build strong partnerships with families.

What Your Role Involves:

Educational Leadership

Lead the planning and delivery of high-quality EYFS provision.

Monitor children's progress and support positive learning outcomes.

Act as a keyperson, building strong relationships with children and families.

Create an inclusive environment that meets individual children's needs.

Room Leadership

Lead the day-to-day running of the room and ensure staff deployment, routines and ratios are maintained.

Maintain excellent standards of care, health, safety and hygiene.

Create an engaging and well-organised learning environment in line with ethos and pedagogical approach of The Rise Nursery.

Work closely with the Nursery Manager and/or Deputy Manager to ensure the smooth running of the entire nursery.

Work collaboratively with the Deputy Room lead to ensure consistency in practice and standards throughout the week.

Staff Support

Support, coach and role-model best practice for team members.

Assist with induction, mentoring and development of staff and apprentices.

Contribute to team meetings and continuous improvement initiatives.

Parent Partnerships

Develop positive relationships with parents and carers.

Share information about children's wellbeing and development.

Compliance & Safeguarding

Follow safeguarding and child protection procedures.

Maintain accurate records and documentation.

Ensure compliance with EYFS, Ofsted and nursery policies.

Support inspection readiness and quality assurance activities.

General

1. Health & Safety - You have a legal duty to take reasonable care of your own health and safety and that of others and you are expected to be familiar with, and adhere to, St Peter’s School’s Health and Safety policy.

2. School values – You have a duty to ensure your work, communication and approach conforms to the school’s core values and mission. You will need to be aware and comply with school rules, policies and procedures at all times including, but not limited to, those relating to safeguarding, conduct, equality and data protection.

St Peter's School strives to be diverse and inclusive. We encourage applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, who are underrepresented at the school. The school is committed to providing equal opportunity to all employees and pupils. This

means that employees are treated fairly, irrespective of sexual orientation, ethnic origin, religion, disability, age, gender, marital status or other reason. The post holder is expected to always comply with the provisions set out in law and the St Peter's policies on equality and diversity.

The school is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit.

Note: This job description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of duties and responsibilities associated with the post. The post holder will be expected to comply with any reasonable request to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this job description.

This job description may be amended at any time.

Documents

• Room Leader Recruitment Pack October 2026 PDF Document
• Privacy Notice for Job Applicants - May 2026 PDF Document